Primoz Roglic He was one of the best cyclists of his generation. The Slovenian won his fourth Vuelta a España just a week ago, equaling the record of Roberto Heras. At 34, he continues to be ambitious and has shown that he has the legs to win. His first year as head of Red Bull-Bora It ends, for now, with three stages of success and the total success of Laptwo stage wins and the overall in the Dauphiné and one stage win in Itzulia. Despite achieving remarkable results, it has not been an easy year for Roglicwho again suffered a heavy fall. A fact that haunted him throughout his career.
The Slovenian was involved in the serious collapse of the big favorites in Itzulia, which ended in Jonas Vingegaard in ICU and with the abandonment of Evenepoel and Roglic himself. Despite not suffering any fractures, he had to recover from many bruises and burns, but he pulled through and made a big comeback in the Dauphiné.
But misfortune struck Roglic again in his great unfinished work, the Tour de France. In 2020 he has the power to win the ‘Grande Boucle’ but Tadej Pogacar appeared and left him without the yellow jersey in the final time trial at the Planche des Belles Filles. A blow for the then Jumbo Visma cyclist, who came as the leader but crashed at the decisive moment. Despite the setback, he did not stop his efforts and a year later he tried again, but the fall in the third stage led him to leave days later.
In 2022 He also failed to reach the Champs-Élysées in Paris and withdrew before starting the final week of the Tour after a fall that caused him to break two vertebrae. And this year, at Red Bull-Bora, history repeated itself. Despite being a step down in the fight for overall classification relative to Pogacar and Vingegaard, Roglic He fell back to the ground on two occasions, suffering a fractured third lumbar vertebra that forced him to leave again.
In an exercise of strength and stability Roglic was able to recover to win his fourth Back to Spainbut the path he will take is different. In statements to the newspaper Delo, the cyclist admitted that he had even considered retiring as a professional. “After the crashes in the Tour I had to consider what I wanted and I thought that I don’t need to be part of the world of cycling and suffer all this,” he admitted. “After a few days I knew something was broken and it was clear to me that I needed to take care of my health. After all, I’m only human,” admitted one. Roglic who, however, also wants to find the positive side of all his misfortunes. “I wish all this would not have happened but they gave me positive things like the support of my family and my loved ones. And this is something special,” said the Slovenian, who also clarified that “I never run out of new challenges” and His next goal is the Zurich World Cup.
Source: La Verdad
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